Washington, Aug. 3.
The danger of war between the United States and other powers has been minimized during the last two years by the negotiation of 63 new arbitration and conciliation treaties, a state department, survey] arbitration treaty with the United States. Negotiations with that, country, however, are_progressing and state department officials believe shay will culminate in at least one, Jor perhaps both, types of treaty. Obstacles imposed by clarification of western legalistic phrases have retarded negotiations.
The new series of treaties replaces number of arbitration commitments negotiated by former Secretary of State Elihu Root in 1908 and 1909 and conciliation treaties promoted by former secretary Bryan in 1918 and 1914, Some of these however, are still in force.
Attention was drawn to the new treaties by the announcement that} Secretary of State Stimson and representatives of Latvia and the Netherlands had exchanged ratifica-
Of the 60 treaties now in force—including both old and new ones—27 call for the appointment of conciliaters to examine disputes of whatever nature and to render a report to the conflicting powers. This report may or may not be accepted, but it allows a "breathing animosities may be calmed, treaty advocates say. Six of the coneiliaion treaties drafted by Mx. Root! are still in force; while 21 have been re-negotiated during the last two years.
Former Secretary Kellogg found! many of the existing conciliation treaties have been devitalized because the conciliators appointed under them had died or were un-ling to serve. He then appointed new conciliators.
'The arbitration treaties, 33 in number, apply only to legal putes. 'Nineteen of those negotiated by Mr, Bryan are still in force, while the remainder, 14, have been drafted during the last' two years.
More binding commitments are juded in the new treaties. For!
any years the Senate had insisted excepting from arbitration all matters affecting "vital interests and national honour," a phrase considered by many as'applicable to nearly Jony matter that might arise.
Added strength given the new treaties by omitting this clause. Three types of disputes, however, are without the purview of the treaties: domestic matters, questions: involving the Monroe Doctrine, and questions bearing on the interest fof a third party. lation and arbitration treaties are in force between 1 country and Germany and France. Thus far, however, we have only' a conciliation treaty with Great Japan.
Britain and none of either type with.
two countries have not been pressed of late because the foreign office of all three were concentrating thei [energies on naval limi Press.
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